2026 Daniel M. Wegner: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	90	932	588	187	70074

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Psychology

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Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
2011 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
2011 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Daniel M. Wegner was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple disciplines with significant contributions in both the physical sciences and social sciences.

The main fields of study in their work included:

Physics and Astronomy
Social Sciences
Arts and Humanities

More specifically, their subfields covered:

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Religious studies
Sociology and Political Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Their research topics were diverse and encompassed areas such as:

Religion, Society, and Development
Christian Theology and Mission
Religion, Theology, and Education
Theoretical and Computational Physics
Magnetic properties of thin films
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Among their recent published papers were:

"Gemeinwesenarbeit und Corona," 2020, published in Soziale Arbeit
"Thermally-induced magnetic order from glassiness in elemental neodymium," 2021, published in arXiv (Cornell University)
"Bipolar single-molecule electroluminescence and electrofluorochromism," 2022, published in arXiv (Cornell University)

They frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

Alexander A. Khajetoorians
Alexander Dietz
Benjamin Verlhac
Lorena Niggli
Anders Bergman

Their publications appeared predominantly in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Soziale Arbeit

Wegner also contributed to book literature, with a publication by Evangelische Verlagsanstalt eBooks titled "Kooperationen zwischen Diakonie und Kirche" in 2023.

Throughout their career, Daniel M. Wegner received multiple recognitions, including:

Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2012
APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2011
William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science, 2011
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2005

Best Publications

The Illusion of Conscious Will

Daniel M. Wegner

4642
Citations
Transactive Memory: A Contemporary Analysis of the Group Mind

Daniel M. Wegner

4550
Citations
Précis of The illusion of conscious will

Daniel M. Wegner

4509
Citations
Ironic processes of mental control.

Daniel M. Wegner

4145
Citations
Paradoxical Effects of Thought Suppression

Daniel M. Wegner;David J. Schneider;Samuel R. Carter;Teri L. White

3585
Citations
Wandering Minds: The Default Network and Stimulus-Independent Thought

Malia F. Mason;Michael I. Norton;John D. Van Horn;Daniel M. Wegner

3423
Citations
What do people think they're doing? Action identification and human behavior.

Robin R. Vallacher;Daniel M. Wegner

2832
Citations
Dimensions of mind perception

Heather M. Gray;Kurt Gray;Daniel M. Wegner

2398
Citations
Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips

Betsy Sparrow;Jenny Liu;Daniel M. Wegner

2077
Citations
Chronic Thought Suppression

Daniel M. Wegner;Sophia Zanakos

2073
Citations
Levels of personal agency: Individual variation in action identification.

Robin R. Vallacher;Daniel M. Wegner

1731
Citations
Apparent mental causation. Sources of the experience of will.

Daniel M. Wegner;Thalia Wheatley

1519
Citations
White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts: Suppression, Obsession, and the Psychology of Mental Control

Daniel M. Wegner

1420
Citations
Transactive memory in close relationships.

Daniel M. Wegner;Ralph Erber;Paula Raymond

1324
Citations
A Computer Network Model of Human Transactive Memory

Daniel M. Wegner

1104
Citations
Cognitive interdependence in close relationships

Daniel M. Wegner;Toni Giuliano;Paula T. Hertel

1077
Citations
Control and automaticity in social life.

Daniel M. Wegner;John A. Bargh

1023
Citations
The hyperaccessibility of suppressed thoughts.

Daniel M. Wegner;Ralph Erber

999
Citations
Feeling Robots and Human Zombies: Mind Perception and the Uncanny Valley.

Kurt Gray;Daniel M. Wegner

922
Citations
A Theory Of Action Identification

Robin R. Vallacher;Daniel M. Wegner

863
Citations
Handbook Of Mental Control

Daniel M. Wegner;James W. Pennebaker

847
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt Gray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Robin R. Vallacher Florida Atlantic University

Daniel T. Gilbert Harvard University

Daniel L. Schacter Harvard University

Henk Aarts Utrecht University

James W. Pennebaker The University of Texas at Austin

John A. Bargh Yale University

Patrick Haggard University College London

Thalia Wheatley Dartmouth College

C. Neil Macrae University of Aberdeen

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